Horry County coroner identifies man killed in Ocean Boulevard motel, 8 people arrested
Updated: The Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the man fatally shot.
Myrtle Beach police have arrested eight people, including a juvenile, in connection with a homicide early Thursday morning at an Ocean Boulevard motel.
Cpl. Thomas Vest said the eight people have not been formally charged, but that drug and murder charges are likely. Another person is still wanted in the incident, Vest said.
Thursday night, the Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was killed as 43-year-old Jermaine Stewart, of Conway.
Vest said officers were called to the Waterpark Motel at 1201 S. Ocean Blvd., about 1:30 a.m. after Stewart was found with fatal gunshot wounds on the second floor of a motel room.
The room contained large amounts of drugs and a number of other people involved in the shooting, police said. Another person, who rented the room, has been charged with possession of the drugs found in the room, authorities said.
During the investigation, detectives identified a scene at Motel 6 on Frontage Road East, where additional evidence was found and led authorities to a third hotel. Officials did not provide details about what was found at Motel 6.
Officers found drugs and a second male suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound at Bermuda Sands at 104 N. Ocean Blvd.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information should call the Myrtle Beach Police Department at 843-918-1904 or 843-918-1911.
This story was originally published March 25, 2021 at 1:15 PM.
